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  • The worst situation I have encountered was when I was a kid a friend and I thought it would be cool to blow up electrolytic capacitors by over-volting them. neither of us thought about the consequences of inhaling the smoke.

    Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009

  • The besieged should resort to volting, ducking, etc., rather than to depend upon his strength.

    Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition 1906

  • "Oh, come now!" said a brisk, pleasant, incisive voice that sent an electric shock volting through the presumably shattered frame.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • We began with volting, demi-volting, jumping, wheeling in retreat, throwing the horse.

    The Prince of India — Volume 02 Lewis Wallace 1866

  • TL; DR: EVGA tech support is saying 12. 619V on the +12V is over volting an 8800GTS that is only stable between 11. 96V and 12. 30V according to them.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • Cons: Over-volting is nearly required to achieve better then 3. 4GHz overclocks due to the on-die (uncore) PCIe (not much of a con IMO).

    Newegg.com RSS Feed - Daily Deals 2010

  • Currently I have a vista 64 and I can't use an of the underclocking / volting programs because they aren't compatible with 64 or with my specific processor (AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82).

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • However, a prompt backwards lunge saved the man from a painful volting, and the woman has now been charged with "illegal weapons possession, attempted assault, illegal threats, and abuse".

    The Register 2009

  • However, a prompt backwards lunge saved the man from a painful volting, and the woman has now been charged with "illegal weapons possession, attempted assault, illegal threats, and abuse".

    The Register 2009

  • I can't believe he has such a big fanbase, he's 'ra-volting'!

    unknown title 2009

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